Salvador Dali Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born on May 11, 1904, to a successful family in the small Spanish town of Figueres. He spent his childhood in Figueres and at the family summer home in the village of Cadaques, where he made his first art.
Dali began his formal studies at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, a prestigious institution where his talent was immediately acknowledged. He proved to have an impressive technical ability as a painter, and learned a wide variety of artistic styles during his years as a student.
Salvador attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my love for expensive artifacts and middle-eastern clothes” to a self-styled “Arab lineage”, claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors. Salvador was
Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.
Salvador Dali
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born on May 11, 1904, to a successful family in the small Spanish town of Figueres. He spent his childhood in Figueres and at the family summer home in the village of Cadaques, where he made his first art.
Dali began his formal studies at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, a prestigious institution where his talent was immediately acknowledged. He proved to have an impressive technical ability as a painter, and learned a wide variety of artistic styles during his years as a student.
Salvador attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my love for expensive artifacts and middle-eastern clothes” to a self-styled “Arab lineage”, claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors.
Salvador was
Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.